Theatre 1: Content​

Essential Questions:What were the new forms that evolved in reaction to realism and naturalism?How has musical theatre changed since it emerged as a new theatrical form?How did the changing American social landscape affect theatre?

Unit 14: Designers - Costumes

Essential Questions:Detail the costume designer's objectives & the process by which he or she achieves them.How do those objectives serve the production?What the difference between realism & nonrealism in scene design.

Unit 13: Renaissance Theatre

Essential Questions:What was the intended result of imposing neoclassical rules on playwrights?What was the effect of the producer-to actor-to audience relationship in Elizabethan England?How was commedia dell'arte rehearsed and performed?

Unit 10: Early Asian Theatre

Essential Questions:What is the significance of the synthesis or integration of acting, mime, dancing, music, and text in Asian theatre? What features of Asian theatre have transposed to Western theatre?

Unit 6: Designers - Scenery

Essential Questions:Detail the scene designer's objectives and the process by which he or she achieves them.How do those objectives serve the production?What the difference between realism and nonrealism in scene design?

Unit 5:Theatre Spaces

Essential Questions:Why is the relationship between the spectator and the performer important and how can that stage-to-audience relationship in the three most popular theatre architecture arrangements differ?What is a multipurpose or black box theatre arrangement? Why might such a space be desirable?

Unit 4:The Director & the Producer

﻿﻿Essential Questions:What is the process required to move a production from "page to stage"?Who is responsible for organizing and moving the process forward and what are their functions and contributions?

Unit 3:Theatrical Forms & Stage Performers

Essential Questions:Why is it important for the actor to warm up?What are the basic elements of Konstantin Stanislavski's approach to realistic acting?What does a theatrical form dictate to the actor in regard to their approach to the work?

Unit 2:​The Playwright: Creating the Script

Essential Questions:Is the playwright more or less important to the creative process than the actors and the director of a production?What are the essential elements of dramatic structure?​Why are they essential to effective storytelling?